Adventures in La La Land

 What a week! We crammed all kinds of adventures into our last week before school starts, beginning with . . . 1. Camping. I know I put a few pictures on facebook, but here's the detailed recap that I know you all love and expect. 😁 It was actually kind of a big deal. Did you notice that we went camping even though it wasn't labor day weekend? Two camping trips in one year?? Say whaaaat? Justin's parents' church had a family camp at the campground we always go to, and his dad offered to pay for a cabin if we wanted to join them. I can handle cabin camping, so we agreed. Don't get me wrong, even cabin camping is not my favorite. I don't really understand why my kids love it so much. Sure, the campground has a cool pool, but so does Niki. Sure, Levi gets to sleep in bed with me, but he does that every night anyway. Sure they get to eat lunchables for every meal, but they do that at home anyway. If anything, you'd think they'd hate camping because they hav...

1. Good news, everyone. My back is much better! By Monday, I could get out of bed without gasping in pain, and I felt much more like myself before I even went to my chiropractor appointment. It's gotten better as the week goes on, but it's still not great. I'm babying it because I'm paranoid about tweaking it again. And I'm worried that overtaxing myself is going to send me right back where I was last weekend. #35goingon85  2. I was able to take the girls school shopping on Tuesday. Niki graciously watched Levi because he's a disaster in the store, and I didn't have the physical strength to restrain him as is necessary. Lol. We spent almost two whole hours in Wal-Mart deliberating over school supplies, searching through clearance racks, and trying on shoes (Lucy ended up with women's size 6!!). I still have to take Levi to get a backpack, gym shoes, and a couple other school supplies I couldn't find at Wal-Mart (Why are white erasers so hard to find?...

1. On Tuesday we had what will probably be our last Cousins Crew event of the summer: Lewis Farms. Tickets went on sale in May so we all snatched them up, then carefully aligned our schedules to find a day we could all go together. That place is seriously a hidden gem. It's about an hour away, but there is so much  to do. We really need two days to do it all because we get too tired and hot to do everything in one trip. Haha. My stupid phone died after an hour (I think it might be time for a new one. It just doesn't hold a charge anymore!), so I had to like "be in the moment" the whole time. "Being in the moment" included barking at my sisters, "Are you taking pictures??" Fortunately they were, and they sent them to me so the Saturday 7 won't suffer. (The pictures are woefully out of order since they arrived from a variety of sources. My sincerest apologies.) We actually asked someone to take our picture so the moms (and grandma) could get in t...